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Libraries

Cork County Library’s service is delivered through a network of 25 branches and 4 mobile libraries, located across the county. User-friendly, it is there to inform, entertain and educate. The library service provides the community with a comprehensive range of material for information, study and recreation, as well as access to a growing number of online resources.  

Library membership is free and open to all. 

See the following link for a view of our Branch Library locations and mobile library stops across the County

Library News

Patricia Liddy, Director of Service, Municipal District Operations & Rural Development; Cork County Council; Joan Kearney, Librarian, Leabharlann Oileán Chléire; Emer O’Brien, Cork County Librarian; Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Joe Carroll; Moira Murrell, Chief Executive of Cork County Council and Ruairi O’Donovan, Údarás na Gaeltachta pictured at the ribbon cutting at Leabharlann Oileán Chléire .
Libraries
16 Oct 2024

Athoscailt Oifigiúil Leabharlann Oileán Chléire á Ceiliúradh

Tá Leabharlann Oileán Chléire athoscailte go hoifigiúil ag Méara Chontae Chorcaí, an Clr Joe Carroll agus Príomhfheidhmeannach Chomhairle Contae Chorcaí, Moira Murrell. Bhí ról lárnach ag an leabharlann i saol an oileáin le blianta fada, ó bunaíodh den chéad uair i 1978 í sa Halla Glas, an tInbhear. 

Patricia Liddy, Director of Service, Municipal District Operations & Rural Development; Cork County Council; Joan Kearney, Librarian, Leabharlann Oileán Chléire; Emer O’Brien, Cork County Librarian; Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Joe Carroll; Moira Murrell, Chief Executive of Cork County Council and Ruairi O’Donovan, Údarás na Gaeltachta pictured at the ribbon cutting at Leabharlann Oileán Chléire .
Libraries
16 Oct 2024

Leabharlann Oileán Chléire Celebrates Official Reopening

Leabharlann Oileán Chléire has been officially reopened by Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Joe Carroll and Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Moira Murrell. The library, originally founded in 1978 in The Halla Glas, South Harbour, has played a pivotal role in island life for decades.